Nikki Grimes Quotes

In 'Out of the Dark,' I'm talking about my own life. I'm not talking as a character or speaking as a character. I was not as free as when I write fiction.

Nikki Grimes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 20, 1950

Topics

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Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.

Jessica Savitch

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I really believe that if you're going to bring a child into the world, it's your job to parent that world. Especially if it's just you; you don't pawn her off on somebody.

Jennifer Lynch

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The same regions of the brain light up when someone touches their smartphone as when they touch a family member or a pet.

Matt Cohler

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Divorce is never a pleasant experience. You look upon it as a failure. But I learned to be a different person once we broke up. Sometimes you learn more from failure than you do from success.

Michael Crawford

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During the 1960s, rising real wages for low-income and high-income workers, due in part to rapid economic growth and the spread of unionization, worked in tandem with expanding government support systems to improve Americans' well-being.

Stephanie Coontz

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Why don't the Grammys matter? Because it feels rigged and cheap - like a popularity contest that the insiders club has decided.

Trent Reznor

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What made me pick up a guitar? It weighed a lot less than a piano.

Ronnie Montrose

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I grew up incredibly poor and went to school and had a very average upbringing.

Mila Kunis

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People are impressed with me - because I can sleep for just 45 minutes - I'm used to it.

Miley Cyrus

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We're all in this together - when one writer succeeds, all writers succeed. I love discovering new authors. I think we need to take care of each other and talk about craft and nurture talent.

Lisa Gardner

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It's increasingly rare for me to find things that challenge me as an actor because the challenge of my personal life, and how fulfilling I find it, is tough to compete with.

Julia Roberts

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Trying to enforce our out-of-touch laws is as foolish and impossible as trying to enforce a law requiring that water flow uphill.

Jared Polis

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